Managed Services Summit Why should you attend?

Now in its 7th year, the Managed Services Summit Manchester continues to complement its sister events in London, Stockholm, and Amsterdam, serving as a premier event for the UK, Nordics, and European IT channels. The Northern UK market offers unique opportunities and challenges, emphasizing cost-efficiency, practical innovation, and long-term partnerships, making it particularly relevant for MSPs and IT providers.

The Managed Services Summit is series of executive-level events, so you know you’ll be among the best in the sector, and those featured will explore the latest trends and developments, evolving customer requirements and how to create value through managed services – both for your own organisation and your customers

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Industry Insights

Presentations will cover the latest trends, evolving customer requirements, and strategies for creating value through managed services.

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Breakouts

Attend a range of sessions led by leading specialists in the field, focusing on technical, sales, and business-related topics.

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Networking

Connect with professionals in the IT channel, including senior decision makers and industry leaders.

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Interactions

Engage in discussions, debates, and collaborations with event sponsors and peers across the industry.

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MSS Benelux

30th June 2026, Amsterdam

MSS London

9th September 2026, London

MSS Nordics

5th November 2026, Stockholm

Meet our 2025 Event Speakers

Darran Clare

Cyber Distribution

Darran Clare

Cyber Distribution

Bringing a strong foundation of both technical expertise, commercial and managed service understanding to Cyber Distribution and its vendors, Darran is complimentary to     working with MSP's to identify growth opportunities in a competitive landscape.

Gordon Strachan

Gordon Strachan OBE played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United and Coventry City.

In club football, he played 635 league games, scoring a total of 138 goals.

He was part of the Aberdeen side that defeated Real Madrid 2–1 to lift the 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup in Gothenburg

Strachan earned 50 caps for Scotland, securing his place in the International Roll of Honour.

He played in two FIFA World Cup final tournaments, Spain '82 and Mexico '86, scoring in a 2-1 defeat to West Germany in June 1986.

He was named as the Football Writers Association Footballer of the Year in 1990/91 season while at Leeds. After two years at Coventry City he retired in 1997, aged 40, setting a Premier League record for an outfield player.

In 2007, Strachan was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame, and he was named Scotland national coach in January 2013.


Will Garside

IT Europa

Will Garside

IT Europa

Will specialises in writing and presenting – producing a huge range of content, ranging from thought-leadership articles to white papers. He started his career as a computer engineer before becoming one of the first producers on Sky TV’s primetime technology show “The Computer Channel” – alongside also covering mainstream business and technology news. He then worked as a product reviewer and technical writer for IT Network before going to Computer Weekly to cover security, telecoms and networking. He worked for several large technology brands including Microsoft and EMC as a technical writer and media consultant and was also the editor at International Broadcast Engineer – a role that saw him deliver a huge number of detailed analysis pieces on emerging video experiences. He has also written a number of books including tech guides for Which? and several "Dummies" guides on topics including big data and storage.

Will is also a highly experienced event moderator, managing content and panels at both the IBC and NAB shows for the last 10 years.

Melvyn White

Rewst

Melvyn White is the Director of EMEA Sales at Rewst, where he leads the EMEA sales team and drives partner growth across the region. Melvyn brings deep industry expertise and a proven track record in building high-performance EMEA sales teams. With more than 12 years of experience in the MSP channel, Melvyn helps MSPs streamline operations and scale efficiently through automation. At Rewst, he’s focused on empowering MSPs to eliminate manual tasks, reduce costs, and deliver a more proactive, differentiated client experience.

Justin Neale

SuperOps

Justin Neale

SuperOps

Justin spent 25 years in the aviation software space, supporting the world's airlines and building global customer service teams before founding the Value Alchemists. He now helps IT Service Providers maximise their profitability and growth through value based pricing and by delivering an incredible customer experience.

Artur Bar

Intel

Artur Bar

Intel

Artur Bar with over 25 years of IT sales experience is specialized in creating new markets and developing sales teams, for advanced technologies.

Working with Intel for 20 years has extensive, practical experience in organizing sales events for distributors, OEM/MNCs, sales partners. He is charismatic presenter and technology trainer for server systems, client’s systems, software and AI. His presentations and trainings gather strong awareness and are very well received.

In private time photographer and startup management enthusiast.

Jenna Vreugdenhil

Kaseya

Jenna began her journey at Kaseya in 2023 in Account Managment where she focused on strengthening customer relationships and helping organizations maximize the value of Kaseya’s IT management and cybersecurity solutions. In 2025, Jenna joined the Channel Development Team as a Channel Development Manager, where she now helps drive growth across the EMEA partner ecosystem. In her current role, she works closely with Managed Service Providers to recruit, enable, and support their success, while also delivering go-to-market initiatives and building strong partner relationships. Jenna represents Kaseya across Europe, collaborating with partners to empower their growth and helping them unlock the full potential of a unified IT solution.

Reece Dennis

Arrow

Awaiting biography.

Meet our 2026 Event Sponsors



Meet our 2025 Event Sponsors